Hong Kong Garden

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Chun 春


Summer time is nice and hot, now my life is sweet like vanilla is. Seasons have changed twice since i last wrote; from a Parisian winter to a cali spring to summer in hong-kong; now i write from bed number 3.

If only i was stuck on an airplane between time zones between places i need to go, i would sit and mold and won't even feel the slightest guilt about laying there doing nothing. 

someone says there's always a season in life to do a certain thing, but i've always wanted to do two, three, four things at once. Possible or impossible. people say i am still young, but i feel like there's no more time. change or don't change. I’m not sure yet at this point.

The ride home marks a new season for me and the ride back is also a different one. Each debark is a new start and a clean slate to do what you’ve thought about for the last 16 so hours. As if you were to combine a dozen of Mondays to mark a new change. I’ve got about a month left until I take my next one and I’ve already got a long list of changes. Tiring? Yes, and very necessary to breakdown and re-adjust myself like play-doh.

I’m running out of planes to catch. School’s almost over and soon everything will be settled. And seasons will blend, changes harder to make.

春 means summer. 春 means youth.

Apologies for the long delay. I finally completed the painting for the beloved Chun Family: Judith, Tom and Punky based on an old family portrait, amazing how baby punky chun got her sass on.




Chun Family Portrait in Acrylics Aug 2012



Monday, January 30, 2012

中 CHUNG


Chung, 2012 in Acrylics


中:“Oh i checked it out on fb. Lol. i can tell it is me. but i expected a different drawing’

V: “haha just by your eye! ANGEL EYES. doesn't look like you now though. The picture was from the cruise…when you didn't play computer”

中:“my angel eyes are long gone”

Monday, January 23, 2012

place

il a été depuis longtemps. It has been a while. I was struck by great discouragement in the last few months and thus wasn't able to complete a single painting. But in the hustle and bustle of paris, treading on the same pavements that all impressionists once stood upon, i found my little place at the l'ecole art plastiques tucked away on a side street in the 10th arr. I began working on the first portrait of yr 2012, my brother. it is far from being finished but i thought i might give you all a little preview. Happy chinese new year, 萬事如意。

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Pretty Fabrica



Brittany Yoon,  Summer 2011, in Acrylics
  another to the series! Brit stood out as one of my truest friends at Hotchkiss. Our first year at boarding school could not have been homey without our nightly dosage of microwaved korean rice &seaweed while watching CSI. we were strange but who cared? Four years flew by as we practiced art together with mr. noyes. through sophomore dramas and senior craze, we've been through ups and downs literally. And although we've lost touch just a little - i'm sure we'll have a ton to say when i see you next brit!


Marcheta Marshall,  Summer 2010, in B&W Acrylics (see post: Mon Amour)

Shelina Kassam, Summer 2010, in Acrylics (see post: Saudi Eyes)

Monday, September 19, 2011

a Homage

He built a family from scratch



Paradigm, Summer 2011 in Acrylics

This long hiatus gave me time to think about big and bigger plans with my dear sisters. And well of course, our relatives trigger most of them. But when does reality run accordingly to "the" plan? i will let you know when i find out.  Tonight, I'm all crunched and packed ready to leave tomorrow. Off for a groovy school year!


Friday, July 29, 2011

Save the Children


walked by a little booth at time square the other day. sometime you need to stop your routine, sit and listen.or else life becomes empty of surprises. http://www.savethechildren.org/